lesj Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I parked my 1996 lexus ES300 on friday at about 7:00 PM in Los Angeles California. While parked in the driveway, I washed the car on sunday afternoon without starting it that day. On monday morning at about 7:00am, I tried to start the car so I could go to work. The engine turned normally but would not start for about 2 weeks after several attempts. The Check Engine Light Icon never Came ON prior and after this incident. When I borrowed an OBD II scanner from AutoZone and runned a diagnostic test, The scanner displayed the following message: " PASS ". " NO CODE RETURNED ". I let the car sit for about 3 weeks without doing nothing. The 4th week, the engine started with one key turn and running smoothly. My question is what's the problem or cause since the car kept starting with one key turn from now on? Anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 You got water in the wrong spot , always have the engine running when hosing it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk_on_blk Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Yeah, BMW's are sensitive to water in the engine compartment, too. On the Beemer's (3-series), water pools in the spark plug recesses and arc like mad causing sputtering. I had something like what you had on my 4Runner a couple years ago. It was pouring hard one night, and I drove out to pick up my then-girlfriend from work. Loaded up her and a bunch of her friends in the 4Runner with the engine running and when we went to take off, "puuuuahhhh...." then nothing. It turned over, but nothing would even hint at firing. We took her car for the night, came back the next morning, and it fired right up... has never missed a beat since. Weirdest thing, but yeah, got a little water in the wrong spot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesj Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 You got water in the wrong spot , always have the engine running when hosing it down. Should I change all the coils, spark plugs and wires as well as cleaning the fuel system with STP fuel cleaner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk_on_blk Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Why would you change out all that? It sounds like it was just some water pooling somewhere in some electronics causing a short... once the water dried/drained, you should be good as new... unless you're having some other problems now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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